“I am Iron Man” was the sentence that changed the game at the beginning of the MCU’s Infinity Saga, and it was the sentence that ended it with a bang at the end of Avengers: Endgame. Finally face-to-face with Thanos and in possession of the Infinity Gauntlet, Tony Stark snapped his fingers and brought back the half of the world’s population. Unfortunately, he had to sacrifice himself in the process.
So when the Russo brothers announced Robert Downey, Jr. would return to the MCU as Dr. Viktor von Doom in Avengers: Doomsday, there was one obvious question: how would all our favorite characters react to learning the villain they’re up against looks just like their fallen friend? When asked that in a recent interview with The Times, Anthony Russo said, “We can’t explain that, as it’s part of the story. But there’s nobody else in the world who could play this character the way he’s about to.” So what could that story be? The answer could come from the strangest place: Deadpool & Wolverine.
